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    CVE-2023-40593

    In Splunk Enterprise versions lower than 9.0.6 and 8.2.12, a malicious actor can send a malformed security assertion markup language (SAML) request to the `/saml/acs` REST endpoint which can cause a denial of service through a crash or hang of the Splunk daemon.

    Published:Aug 30, 2023
    Last Modified:Feb 28, 2025
    EPS:Aug 30, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.00164
    CVSS Score:6.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Splunk
    Product
    Splunk
    Vendor
    Splunk
    Product
    Splunk Cloud Platform

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High